Granted Patent B2

US 9,894,955 · App. 14/093,706 · Granted Feb 20, 2018

Inventors: John C. S. Koo (Los Angeles, CA); Jonathan Goldberg (Los Angeles, CA); Anthony Cox (Kowloon, CN)

Assignee: Dynasty Footwear, Ltd.

A43B1/02A43B13/02A43B13/12A43B13/122A43B13/22A43B13/223B29C43/28B29C43/305B29C47/0019B29C43/46B29C47/025B29C2043/023B29K2105/0854B29L2031/504B32B37/04

Abstract

Claims (15)

1. A shoe comprising:

(a) a bottom surface that is adjacent to the ground in normal use;

(b) a sole that forms at least a portion of the bottom surface;

(c) an upper portion extending above the sole; and

(d) a plurality of individual particles bonded to the bottom surface of the shoe,

wherein the individual particles comprise corn husk.

2. A shoe according to claim 1 , wherein the corn husk has been ground into the individual particles.

3. A shoe according to claim 2 , wherein the corn husk has been dried and ground into the individual particles.

4. A shoe according to claim 1 , wherein at least 1,000 of the individual particles are bonded to the bottom surface of the shoe.

5. A shoe according to claim 1 , wherein the individual particles are bonded to the bottom surface of the shoe using a separate adhesive material.

6. A shoe according to claim 1 , wherein the individual particles have been bonded to the bottom surface of the shoe by embedding the individual particles directly into said bottom surface.

7. A shoe according to claim 6 , wherein said embedding is performed by using at least one of heat and pressure.

8. A shoe according to claim 1 , wherein the individual particles have been bonded directly onto the bottom surface of the shoe.

9. A shoe according to claim 1 , wherein the individual particles are attached to a substrate and the substrate has been bonded onto the bottom surface of the shoe.

10. A shoe according to claim 1 , wherein the individual particles cover at least 50% of the portion of the bottom surface that normally comes into contact with the ground.

Assignments (1)

Continuity (23)